But among the SMBs that are supporting a BYOD policy, only 17 percent are actively managing personal mobile devices being used for professional purposes.

That's a little frightening, consider the security breaches or malware infections that could arise as a result. But there's a very simple reason that it isn't happening: many SMBs just can't deal with the complexity -- perceived or otherwise -- of putting a mobile device management solution or framework in place.

There were 991 SMB IT professionals surveyed for the Spiceworks report, "As BYOD Becomes Mainstream, Complexity Increases for SMBs," which was sponsored by mobile management solution provider Fiberlink.

"It's clear BYOD support will continue to grow so that the industry conversation must evolve from 'whether to how' IT organizations can better manage and secure the devices employees bring to work every day," said Kathryn Pribish, Voice of IT program manager at Spiceworks, commenting about the results.

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